Ready to Come About

By Sue Williams

Three hundred nautical miles from shore, I‘m cold and sick and afraid. I pray for reprieve. I long for solid ground. And I can‘t help but ask myself, What the hell was I thinking?

When Sue Williams set sail for the North Atlantic, it wasn’t a mid-life crisis. She had no affinity for the sea. And she didn’t have an adventure-seeking bone in her body. In the wake of a perfect storm of personal events, it suddenly became clear: her sons were adults now; they needed freedom to figure things out for themselves; she had to get out of their way. And it was now or never for her husband, David, to realize his dream to cross an ocean. So she’d go too.

Ready to Come About is the story of a mother’s improbable adventure on the high seas and her profound journey within, through which she grew to believe that there is no gift more precious than the liberty to chart one’s own course, and that risk is a good thing … sometimes, at least.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Dundurn
• Release date: May 18, 2019
• ISBN: 9781459743915

Sue Williams

Sue Williams earned a degree in occupational therapy from Queen's University and practised OT for over thirty years. In 2016, she left the health care field to focus on writing. Sue lives in Guelph, Ontario.

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Reviews for Ready to Come About

[Doug Sholes · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

As a day sailor, I was in awe of what Sue and David accomplished sailing across the Atlantic. She shares about her family life and people they met along the way, as well. I checked out her sons band that she mentioned towards the end of the book, The Box Car Boys (I always cross reference you tube & the internet while I read). They’re some serious musicians! Really enjoyable read.